• FrostyPolicy@suppo.fi
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    19 hours ago

    Curious choice to write a c++ program for this instead of doing the same thing in a powershell script.

    One feature it should have: delete itself after running to leave no traces of such a tool.

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      9 hours ago

      That or make some attempt to do a free space wipe, or prune the registry, or, you know any reason whatsoever to actually write it in c++.

      It’s probably a sufficient wipe to keep your partner or kids from finding stuff, But it’s not going to stop a state agency. Like they won’t have logs from those services from your IP address. Like your registry isn’t absolutely chocked full of your history and the history of those apps.

      Forensic analysis on that drive will net them most of every one of those deleted files.

      And frankly of all the things to wipe, wth is up with steam?

      • douglasg14b@lemmy.world
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        8 hours ago

        I mean probably because the scripting languages typically don’t provide the lower level utilities necessary to securely wipe files?

        You’re not deleting files in a typical sense. You also need to scrub over those files so they cannot be put back together forensically.